Little Gavin may not be so little for much longer.  He lost his first tooth this month & I have spent a few different occasions trying to capture that toothless grin with my camera. This has resulted in some not very genuine smiles, silly faces, and cute images that didn’t show off that missing tooth.  Then I uploaded some images after way had just been playing in the yard one afternoon and fell in love with this one.  He had found this crown he made last year at preschool and asked if he could wear it.  How could I deny him?  I wonder what age we decide we are too old to wear paper crowns just because.  No reason, no celebration, just the desire to wear a handmade crown.

I have joined together with some fabulous photographers for a new project for 2012.  Once a month we will post an image that includes ourselves with our loved ones and once a month we will all post our interpretation of a set theme.  This week the theme is faceless portraits.  Since I have a history of capturing portraits that include only Gavin’s feet (gotta love those Chuck Taylors), for the challenge this week I decided to use my own feet.  Wearing my favorite red high heels.  Standing in one of my favorite places.  The backyard. 

Now head over to Jayme Franklin | San Francisco Bay Area Family Photographer  to see what she has for us this week.